Two new publications on Greek aquaculture

Projecting climate change impacts on Mediterranean finfish production: a case study in Greece Climatic Change ; Volume 165.   ClimeGreAq: A software-based DSS for the climate change adaptation of Greek aquaculture Environmental Modelling & Software ; Volume 143.

ClimeFish contribution to webinar on the Impact of Climate Change on Fisheries

On Thursday 26th November 2020, ClimeFish contributed to the online webinar organised by the North Western Waters Advisory Council: “The Impact of Climate Change on Fisheries in the North Western Waters: Examining policy, research, and potential mitigation and adaptation strategies”. Outputs from the West of Scotland case study were presented to the audience comprising of…

ClimeFish has concluded, here is a short summary of results

This is a summary of results from the 4-year ClimeFish project funded by Horizon 2020 – the EU Research and Innovation programme   The overall goal of ClimeFish was to help ensure that the increase in seafood production comes in areas and for species where there is a potential for sustainable growth, given the expected developments…

Forum on the Effects of Climate Change on Fisheries and Aquaculture

When: 25-26 February 2020 Where: FAO Headquarters, Rome Program The forum was live-recorded (links below) Presentations are available here   Live recordings from the 2020 Forum: Tuesday 25/02 (morning) – Sessions 1 and 2: http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/item/5224/icode/ Tuesday 25/02 (afternoon) – Session 2 continued and session 3: http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/item/5222/icode/ Wednesday 26/02 (morning) – Session 4 and 5: http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/item/5226/icode/…

Presented ClimeFish in front of 600 people

Four project partners (UiT, Nofima, CETMAR and Matís) attended the All-Atlantic Ocean Research Forum in Brussels. Project manager Andrea Gerecht from UiT was invited to present the project in front of the 600 participants that had registered (and however many streamed the event online).  Andrea Gerecht’s presentation focused on the key exploitable outcomes from the…

ClimeFish in time capsule to be opened in 2030

Pupils at a primary school in Oslo buried the ClimeFish leaflet in their time capsule – to be opened in 2030. If you haven’t heard of a time capsule before, don’t worry. The Cambridge Dictionary defines a time capsule as: “a container that is filled with objects considered to be typical of the present period…

Fish stocks are on the move

“As changes in the distribution of commercial fish becomes evident, a revision of how some quotas are allocated may be necessary if fish stocks are to be managed sustainably.” Many European fish populations are on the move due to warming oceans and increasing numbers, according to new research from an international team of scientists led…

Warming seas are bad news for farmed salmon

ClimeFish researchers have evaluated how climate change could affect Norwegian salmon farming over the next 50 years. Here is what they found. Ocean temperatures off the Norwegian coast have increased by 1°C on average since the 1980s. Over the next decades, temperatures will continue to rise due to human-induced climate change. This is bad news…

Meeting in Rome: CEN Workshop Agreement

Time of meeting: 24 February 2020, from 13:00-17:00. Venue: Hotel Lancelot, Via Capo d’Africa 47, 00184 Rome, Italy The proposer and secretariat holder of this workshop is Standards Norway. The chairperson is Mr Petter Olsen from Nofima, Tromsø, Norway. Contact info here. If you wish to attend the CEN Workshop, please register by sending the…